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09-27-07, 06:45 AM | #241 |
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Running the Gauntlet: An Oral History of Canadian Merchant Seamen in World War Two by Mike Parke.
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09-29-07, 10:32 PM | #242 |
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The best book for me ever (so far) of U-Boats, ASW dev. and accounts of tactics and events occurring throughout the Battle of the Atlantic
(loaded with info. (tons about everything of U-Boat concerns) and very fun to read): “In Great Waters – The Epic Story of the Battle of the Atlantic”, by Spencer Dunmore While I'm at it, I just came across some nice Sub-related links: SS-383 Virtual Tour (scroll down for many QuickTime views & great wav sound files) www.maritime.org/tour/index.htm Fleet Type Submarine Online – Interactive Training Manual (U.S. Fleet, WWII) www.maritime.org/fleetsub/index.htm Scroll down on this one and click to page number links at the "contents" - endless info. of everything! |
10-01-07, 07:07 PM | #243 |
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Am currently reading 1812: The War That Forged A Nation, by Walter Borneman.
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10-06-07, 07:48 AM | #244 |
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re-reading Clay Blair's "Hitler's U-boat War"
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10-06-07, 07:47 PM | #245 |
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McCullough's 1776. Am enjoying it so far.
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10-07-07, 05:11 PM | #246 | |
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10-07-07, 10:42 PM | #247 |
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Went to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on the weekend. I only had a couple of hours to look around (need a full weekend if you want to take your time and see it all)
Bought a couple of books from the shop there. A history of naval avation in WW1 and the history of american sub operation in WW2 out of Brisbane - this one cost me $80 dollars Will be start reading them in the next day or two, I've got to finnish off a book on wreck scavangers of England. |
10-09-07, 12:38 PM | #248 |
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I finished By Way of Deception by Victor Ostrovsky and Claire Hoy. Eh, not very good.
It purports to be a true story about a Mossad katsa (assassin) but I'm not buying it -- not completely. I think it gives a good description of what the initial training is like...but I also think Ostrovsky is putting himself in more of a good light than he deserves. He was kicked out of the Mossad, according to him because they wanted to cover up a blown operation. Sounds too much like revisionist CYA history. The book also isn't structured very well. The first half is about Ostrovsky but then the second half is about several other Mossad operations -- themselves written and structured to show how bad the Mossad is. I'm not arguing the Mossad is either good or bad...but this comes across as more of a polemic than an examination of history. It also smacks more of Philip Agee than anything else. Skip this turkey.
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10-11-07, 11:21 AM | #249 |
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Have just started The Black Sheep, "The difinitive account of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 in World War II"; by Bruce Gamble.
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10-11-07, 12:28 PM | #250 |
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Temptest Down, next up USS Seawolf by Patrick Robinson.
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10-14-07, 12:11 PM | #251 |
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just started reading "under dannebrog and swastika"
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10-23-07, 05:16 PM | #252 |
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Am now starting Burr, Hamilton and Jefferson: a study in character; by Roger G. Kennedy.
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10-23-07, 05:31 PM | #253 |
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Submarine stuff again
U48 by Karl Almann, it's the story of U-48 as it was the most succesful sub in WW2
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10-23-07, 06:15 PM | #254 |
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Currently reading a technical book on the Curtiss P-40 'Warhawk' as part of my research for reviewing the Shockwave P-40 add-on for FSX.
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10-24-07, 09:41 AM | #255 |
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Right now, I´m reading "Puerto Seguro" by J. Camarasa, about submarine operations and landings on the Argentine coast during WWII.
A fascinating history, still surrounded with mistery
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